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| Sound is too big for my room. Toe the speakers in more, and try sitting a bit closer.... | |
| Ground loop, cheater plugs, power cords, many ques If you have to, lift it at the IEC (middle terminal). In some designs of the plug you may be able to simply pop out the terminal itself and just let it hang outside the case, as a reminder of what you've done, and allowing an easy rebuild without ... | |
| wnat to downgrade my cables I liked the Discovery Essence a lot, but couldn't really tell it from my previous Red Dawn...both a bit too lean. SPM solved the balance problem. Again, pricier flavorings.... | |
| wnat to downgrade my cables Chang, You're all over the place, so it's hard to follow you. Try decaf.... I never mentioned power cords (The Volex IS low-performance) nor that the Canare star-quad are MY cables. It's just that the Canare StarQuads are purchased by the MILE for... | |
| Thiel Cs 3.6. Outdated? Hi Drubin,Just because sweet spots need to be much bigger, and concentrics provide that much more easily, especially compared to Thiels first-order crossover multi-driver designs. | |
| best power conditioner for less than 500 buckagroo Buckagroo? Sounds like a sidedish for turducken. | |
| Best Used Solid State Amp for less than $5000? Still LOVE my pair of Pass Labs Aleph 2s for $3300 used. What a bargain! | |
| What Harmonic tech cables should I used for CD I found the Pro-Silway II to equal the Nordost Red Dawn in many ways on my CDP (Electrocompaniet)...both being a bit lean. Nordost SPM bettered both. ALL were just a bit too revealing for my leanish MD100 tuner, where the Truthlink works superbly,... | |
| What cable caused you to become a cable "junkie" ? Simple 14 and 12AWG twisted pairs, then Monster, AQ F14, finally settling on Nordost, Harm Tech and Canare Pro Starquads for XLRs and speakers. Power cables are of course my own EST-cured Belden 83000 series designs. Happiest Holidays to all! Ern | |
| What is your best kept secret in mid-fi? ...and Neuance iso/absorb shelves! | |
| What is your best kept secret in mid-fi? Nearfield triangle away from front wall, dedicated lines, Canare starquad cables, my own (ErnieM) PCs. | |
| Ground loop, cheater plugs, power cords, many ques El, this is easy. I assemble DIY PC Kits that provide inner lifted-ground shields AND an OUTER 3rd GROUND that's SWITCHED simply on the fly if necessary with a quick-disconnect. No need to use cheaters or compromisiong adaptors, or break off groun... | |
| Sound is too big for my room. Ok, ok. Just try the integrated, as you don't need the giant dynamic swings anyway. The imaging/scale/WOW is more about the Chorus/room setup than the electronics. So turn it down, get a smaller amp, or suspend a couple of tissues over those JMLab... | |
| Combining different speakers to get better sound You put them in SERIES?...and then side-by side?Holy crap! I can't even begin to comment on the non-linear summation of their outputs acoustically, nevermind their electrical summations. But if by some bizarre chance they sound ok...BRAVO. Did you... | |
| Thiel Cs 3.6. Outdated? Great speakers, especially given the "marriage" requirements of proper room-loading, are probably the least datable link in the chain. If your amp can provide sufficient current into 2 ohms AND they sound great in YOUR room, get 'em, and don't wor... |